cant delete files

[TheBlackSnow]

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[broadwayrock]

theres a freeware program called moveonboot that can delete any undeletable file.


h**p://www.snapfiles.com/get/moveonboot.html

[TheBlackSnow]

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[TheBlackSnow]

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[mcovey]

try renaming at the command line. with the rename and del commands. if that dont work, there are problems.

[lion7718]

It's the AVI bug in WinXP,,,
whenever you mouse over the movie it is in use...
use either MoveOnBoot to delete it or change the Registry Key to stop it altogether.

The obnoxious bug in XP that causes Explorer to read the entire contents of broken AVI files before allowing any access to them is caused by bad behavior of shmedia.dll.

This problem manifests itself by causing Explorer to read the entire contents of an AVI file, regarless of its size or location any time the mouse pointer is hovered over it, or an attempt is made to access it in windows explorer. This causes 'permission denied' errors when trying to simply move, copy or delete these files as they cannot be changed while Explorer has an open handle on them.

This also causes a DoS situation where large AVI's are stored on remote shares and Explorer keeps reading the files from beginning to end each time they are accessed.

To correct this misbehavior in Windows XP, remove the following registry key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D9 4-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32

This will prevent Explorer from loading shmedia.dll in response to file property queries on these files. This will not effect your ability to play files, get file attributes, or even view thumbnails. Say goodbye to all explorer.exe 100% CPU issues.

And Solution #2 (basically does the same thing, except you are inactivating the file attributes option)...But it WORKS--No more locked .avi files:

Well windows seem to have a REALLY big problem when it comes to reading AVI files. It seems that when you click on an AVI file in explorer, it'll try to read the entire AVI file to determine the width,height, etc. of the AVI file (this is displayed in the Properties window). Now the problem with Windows is that if you have a broken/not fully downloaded AVI file that doesnt contain this info, Windows will scan the entire AVI file trying to figure out all these properties which in the process will probably cause 100% CPU usage and heavy memory usage.

To solve this problem all you have to do is the following:

1. Open up regedit
2. Goto HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAs
sociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler
3. Delete the "Default" value which should be "{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}"

Please note that this will no longer provide you with the windows properties displaying the AVI file information such as width, height, bitrate etc. But its a small price to pay for saving you resources.

[RACKnRAIL]

It's the AVI bug in WinXP,,,
whenever you mouse over the movie it is in use...
use either MoveOnBoot to delete it or change the Registry Key to stop it altogether.

The obnoxious bug in XP that causes Explorer to read the entire contents of broken AVI files before allowing any access to them is caused by bad behavior of shmedia.dll.

This problem manifests itself by causing Explorer to read the entire contents of an AVI file, regarless of its size or location any time the mouse pointer is hovered over it, or an attempt is made to access it in windows explorer. This causes 'permission denied' errors when trying to simply move, copy or delete these files as they cannot be changed while Explorer has an open handle on them.

This also causes a DoS situation where large AVI's are stored on remote shares and Explorer keeps reading the files from beginning to end each time they are accessed.

To correct this misbehavior in Windows XP, remove the following registry key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D9 4-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32

This will prevent Explorer from loading shmedia.dll in response to file property queries on these files. This will not effect your ability to play files, get file attributes, or even view thumbnails. Say goodbye to all explorer.exe 100% CPU issues.

And Solution #2 (basically does the same thing, except you are inactivating the file attributes option)...But it WORKS--No more locked .avi files:

Well windows seem to have a REALLY big problem when it comes to reading AVI files. It seems that when you click on an AVI file in explorer, it'll try to read the entire AVI file to determine the width,height, etc. of the AVI file (this is displayed in the Properties window). Now the problem with Windows is that if you have a broken/not fully downloaded AVI file that doesnt contain this info, Windows will scan the entire AVI file trying to figure out all these properties which in the process will probably cause 100% CPU usage and heavy memory usage.

To solve this problem all you have to do is the following:

1. Open up regedit
2. Goto HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAs
sociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler
3. Delete the "Default" value which should be "{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}"

Please note that this will no longer provide you with the windows properties displaying the AVI file information such as width, height, bitrate etc. But its a small price to pay for saving you resources.Lion...you are just a wealth of information! oh yeah, and helpful too. :tilted You should come around ZP more often.

[crackerjacker]

rack and rail how about joining http://www.p2pconsortium.ipbhost.com/index.php?act=portal
i think i spelled it right
i am going to register there today

on a side note relating to this topic, i find that sometimes if i cant delete a file i simply make a new folder and drag that file to new folder. Afterwards i rename it and delete it.
it usually works like that.
lion is awesome :)

[RACKnRAIL]

rack and rail how about joining http://www.p2pconsortium.ipbhost.com/index.php?act=portal
i think i spelled it right
i am going to register there today

on a side note relating to this topic, i find that sometimes if i cant delete a file i simply make a new folder and drag that file to new folder. Afterwards i rename it and delete it.
it usually works like that.
lion is awesome :)

Thanks, CJ...but I've been there and done that, last week. (-:] It a great looking site with plenty of insight. I visit several of the mentioned, participating forums, under dfferent aliases. Mostly RR tho!

Don't worry...never gone by the name Jared and/or ever will. :ass

[lion7718]

Glad to of helped....
I haven't been much of anywhere lately...have had computer problems for the last 5 weeks....
all is fixed now & ready to go....I'll be around.

[axlman]

I've had the same problems as well, sometimes a reboot of the machine will clear the cache and then allow you to renname/delete the file. Other things you can try is: make sure that your user name has full administator rights and that you have full ownership of the file. If that does not work, try rebooting into "safemode" and deleting the file. That usually works as well.

[Malicious Intent]

Lion - I could kiss you!

[Stownplayer]

To solve this problem all you have to do is the following:

1. Open up regedit
2. Goto HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAs
sociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler
3. Delete the "Default" value which should be "{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}"


I don't have the name in step two. How do i fix this now?

[lion7718]

To solve this problem all you have to do is the following:

1. Open up regedit
2. Goto HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAs
sociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler
3. Delete the "Default" value which should be "{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}"


I don't have the name in step two. How do i fix this now?


Use Option #1:

To correct this misbehavior in Windows XP, remove the following registry key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D9 4-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32

[americanbitch]

It's the AVI bug in WinXP,,,
whenever you mouse over the movie it is in use...
use either MoveOnBoot to delete it or change the Registry Key to stop it altogether.

The obnoxious bug in XP that causes Explorer to read the entire contents of broken AVI files before allowing any access to them is caused by bad behavior of shmedia.dll.

This problem manifests itself by causing Explorer to read the entire contents of an AVI file, regarless of its size or location any time the mouse pointer is hovered over it, or an attempt is made to access it in windows explorer. This causes 'permission denied' errors when trying to simply move, copy or delete these files as they cannot be changed while Explorer has an open handle on them.

This also causes a DoS situation where large AVI's are stored on remote shares and Explorer keeps reading the files from beginning to end each time they are accessed.

To correct this misbehavior in Windows XP, remove the following registry key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D9 4-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32

This will prevent Explorer from loading shmedia.dll in response to file property queries on these files. This will not effect your ability to play files, get file attributes, or even view thumbnails. Say goodbye to all explorer.exe 100% CPU issues.

And Solution #2 (basically does the same thing, except you are inactivating the file attributes option)...But it WORKS--No more locked .avi files:

Well windows seem to have a REALLY big problem when it comes to reading AVI files. It seems that when you click on an AVI file in explorer, it'll try to read the entire AVI file to determine the width,height, etc. of the AVI file (this is displayed in the Properties window). Now the problem with Windows is that if you have a broken/not fully downloaded AVI file that doesnt contain this info, Windows will scan the entire AVI file trying to figure out all these properties which in the process will probably cause 100% CPU usage and heavy memory usage.

To solve this problem all you have to do is the following:

1. Open up regedit
2. Goto HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAs
sociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler
3. Delete the "Default" value which should be "{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}"

Please note that this will no longer provide you with the windows properties displaying the AVI file information such as width, height, bitrate etc. But its a small price to pay for saving you resources.
wow thank's man this work like magic i was trying to delete a damn movie for quite a while

[axlman]

I've had the same problems before. Usually what I had to was retake ownership of the file. Usually this would make me remove all default users of the file and re-add myself with full options. Read, write, delete, etc.

[Stownplayer]

i have tried all the suggestions above and i still cannot get rid of a file. It's not an avi, it's just and old webpage folder that i havent used in ages. I deleted the folder from command line but the file still shows up in explorer. Any ideas?

[lion7718]

Have you tried to Shread it..with Spybot or Window Washer..??

[freeloader767]

i have tried all the suggestions above and i still cannot get rid of a file. It's not an avi, it's just and old webpage folder that i havent used in ages. I deleted the folder from command line but the file still shows up in explorer. Any ideas?

If its a folder delete anything inside of it...........then reboot and try to delete again, also try renaming it and if its a common folder google it and see if others are having the same problem 9 times out of 10 google works for this stuff.

[MikeHunt]

another tool that can help you is Regcleaner...
http://www.worldstart.com/weekly-download/archives/reg-cleaner4.3.htm

remember to backup ...blah..blah

the program has a backup feature use it. great for deleting files and finding trace files to delete